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Melanie: A Health Scare Spurs a Search
Episode 10
Melanie Green is an infant adoptee from a private domestic adoption in the 1980s. Her adoption was facilitated by a lawyer known for high-dollar adop…
1 year, 8 months ago
Andrea: A Journey to Uncover the Truth
Episode 9
Born in 1976, Andrea is a same-race, domestic adoptee with international roots. Andrea's birth mother was from Greece and traveled to Sacramento, Cal…
1 year, 8 months ago
Shawn: Born Without a Race
Episode 8
"Just a quick note - this episode contains language some listeners might find offensive -- regarding experiences involving racism."
In 1963, Shawn was…
1 year, 8 months ago
Lisa: From Chosen to Belonging
Episode 7
Lisa was born in 1958 and grew up in Franklin, Indiana. She was the youngest of two, both of whom were adopted. As far back as she can remember, she…
1 year, 9 months ago
Lisa:
Season 9 Episode 7
Lisa was born in 1958 and grew up in Franklin, Indiana. She was the youngest of two, both of which were adopted. As far back as she can remember, s…
1 year, 9 months ago
Matt: Birth, Adoption, Reunion: The Fog Lifts
Episode 6
In 1983, Matt’s mother delivered him in a metro Detroit hospital. Within a week he
was relinquished to Catholic Social Services, and moved into foster…
1 year, 9 months ago
Jennifer: With Pain Came Acceptance
Episode 5
Jennifer is an adoptee born in Orange County, California, in 1963. The first six weeks of her life remain a mystery. Although she was adopted by a lo…
1 year, 9 months ago
Adam: The Road Back to Oneself
Episode 4
Adam was adopted from Huentitán el Alto, in Jalisco, Mexico. Ron and Wendy had already adopted a son so they planned on adopting a girl as their seco…
1 year, 9 months ago
Melissa: A Long Road for Answers
Episode 3
Melissa was adopted at birth in 1965 in Little Rock, AR. Her adoptive parents were able to take her home at five days old straight from the hospital …
1 year, 10 months ago
Michelle: A Mohawk Adoptee Advocates for All
Episode 2
Michelle Rice-Gauvreau is a native Mohawk woman born in 1969 in Canada and raised in Connecticut via an illegal adoption, which was commonplace for m…
1 year, 10 months ago